Alliluyeva Seeks U S Citizenship After Exile From Russia
In a 1500 word Paris letter dated May 11, Alliluyeva calls Russia a land of pain and a prison from which she escaped. She says she burned her Soviet passport last summer as Moscow criticized her abroad. She plans to naturalize in the United States after meeting the five year residence requirement.
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Alliluyeva
Russia
Paris
Feakins
Mny
Tua. Croix
Moscow
U.S
Public Auction of Real Estate In Mendocino County
Executor Morris M. Gropp through attorney H. Van Harvey announces a private sale of decedent Donald C. Philbrick estate. Property located in Mendocino County is offered to be sold by court order with cash bid and 10 percent deposit, subject to confirmation and court approval. Bids sealed, opened at 3:00 P.M. at 1317 Mills Building San Francisco on August 7, 1968.
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Mendosota
California
Mendocino-Ukiah
Itr Ace
Superior Court
Mills ‘Ower
Bush Street
San Francisco
Morris M. Grupp
Donald C. Philbrick
H. van Harvey
Aerial Tankers Fight Coastal Fires Across Northern Counties
Firefighters battled dozens of blazes across Mendocino Humboldt Sonoma Lake Shasta and Tehama counties as winds shaped threats. About 350 fires were reported in the Division of Forestry area with 190 in six counties and 155 more by the U.S. Forest Service northern zone. Officials urged caution for deer hunters and campers as wildfire danger remained high and winds could worsen conditions.
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Mendocino National Forest
U.S. Fores Service
Mendocino
Lake
Trinity
Division of Forestry Protection
Division of Forestry
Nixon signals peace talks aim and bridge building plan
Former Vice President Richard Nixon outlines goals in a briefing and acceptance speech. He says negotiations in Paris should end the Vietnam War honorably if possible and vows not to disclose campaign strategy. Nixon plans a San Diego visit, meeting Governor Reagan, then a nationwide bridge building effort with Republicans.
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Nixon
Paris
Agnew
Vietnam
LBJ
San Diego
California
Ronald) Reagan
Republican Organization
Nixon Speech Tries To Appeal To White and Black Voters
Nixon argues that Black Americans resist dependency driven government programs and seek equality through ownership and leadership roles. He pledges new programs to provide equal chances for housing business ownership and advancement, framing a path to self respect and dignity.
Toll Plaza Plan Shelved on One Way Study
SAN FRANCISCO UPI A Golden Gate bridge district committee unanimously shelved a 10 million toll plaza expansion until a one way toll study is possible. General manager Dale W. Luehring declined to endorse the plan, citing conscience, as former chief James Adam retired August 1. The panel ordered a report on a possible one way toll study. A second committee approved a two county bicycle path link from Lake Merced to Muir Woods at Marin with 35,000 for protection along the west walkway and a 100 foot bridge for cyclists to near Fort Baker. Pedestrians stay on the east walkway. Cyclists and walkers would pay a 10 cent toll.
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San Francisco
UPI
Golden Gate Bridge
Dale W. Luehring
James Adam
Luehring
Bridge District
Lake Merced
Muir Woods
Marin
Visty
Baker
Rat Threat Hurts Economy and Spreads Diseases in US
Britannica notes the common rat causes vast economic damage in the United States and carries or transmits more than 20 diseases such as typhus fever jaundice tularemia and trichinosis.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Stephen Daye First Printer of English Colonies
Stephen Daye, renowned for printing the Bay Psalm Book, is noted as the first printer in the English colonies with his work marking a foundational moment in colonial American publishing.
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Stephen Daye
Dow Jones Averages Reported by United Press International
The Dow Jones averages show 30 industrials at 869.65, down 0.72. 20 railroads at 245.76, down 0.05. 15 utilities at 131.52, up 0.07. and 65 stocks at 314.04, down 0.13. Total sales reached 8.39 million shares, compared with 12.92 million on Thursday.
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United Press International
Dow Jones
Marimbas Origin Contested by Music Experts
Music experts debate the origin of the marimba noting it is neither American Indian nor Spanish in origin. They say its tone and the name reflect African roots and that a Negro slave from Africa likely made the first instrument using gourds as sound boxes.
Additional Camperships For Retarded Children
Camp Em El Em Ar in St Albert will add camperships for retarded children. Counselors from as far south as San Luis Obispo to Arcata and from the Sacramento Valley to the Mendocino coast will staff sessions in August. About half of staff applicants seek college credit from Humboldt State or Sonoma State. Activities include music and related arts, nature study, campcraft, playground sports, arts and crafts, and swimming. Counselor to camper ratio will be unusually rich, allowing more campers than the 30 per session. Parents in Ukiah area may contact Mrs. Virginia Peterson at 462-6019 for applications. blanks available in Fort Bragg, Lake County, Eureka.
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Camp Em-El- Em-Ar
Camp St. Albert
San Luis Obispo
Arcata
Sacramento Valley
Mendocino Coast
Virginia Peterson
Humboldt State College
Sonoma ‘State College
Peterson
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Gary Hermese
Lake County
Lucille Hill
Eureka
Ruth Kay
Mishap Sparks Civil Suit Over Highway 101 Crash
A civil complaint filed in the clerk’s office by Reginald and Angela Hill of Oregon against Jimmie Gin of Willits and four John Does alleges a December 18 1967 crash on a snow covered Highway 101 thirty miles south of Willits. The Hills seek 35000 general damages medical expenses 2000 for the car 450 for loss of use of the car 35000 for Angela Hill’s injuries and other medical costs. Attorney Jack Golden represents the Hills.
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Reginald Hill
Oregon
Jimmie Gin
Willits
John Does
Hill
Angela
Highway 101
Gin
Howard Memorial Hospital
Jack Golden
The
Hills
Grape Growers Prices For Zinfandel And Colombard
The report notes that Zinfandel, a black grape, is offered $140 per ton and French Colombard, a white grape, at $150 per ton. Early frost could reduce the three-county grape harvest by about 15,000 tons from last year.
Memorial Service Marks 23rd Anniversary in Nagasaki Peace Park
About 5,000 people observed the 23rd anniversary of the atomic bomb drop in Nagasaki Japan at a hilltop peace park. The blast killed an estimated 7,300 residents, with memorial services held to honor victims.
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Nagasaki
Japan
UPI
Peace Park
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